Simon “Ungespielt” Wiefels (31) or simply Unge is one of the most well-known German streamers on YouTube. Currently, 15,000 to 20,000 viewers are watching his streams live on YouTube. However, Unge revealed on December 19: “That’s enough …”, announcing a new concept and his switch to Twitch. We at MeinMMO report.
While the general trend abroad is that many streamers are switching from Twitch to YouTube, Simon Wiefels is doing the exact opposite: He is switching to Twitch.
This is the background:
- On October 29, Unge received a strike from YouTube for uploading a reaction video that allegedly violated certain guidelines. As a result, Wiefels received a suspension until November 5.
- Unge uploaded a video on November 5, in which he expressed his concerns: YouTube is too unsafe (via YouTube). He now has 2 warnings, and if he receives a 3rd, his YouTube channel would be permanently banned. Unge would also not be allowed to create a new channel, as per the rules.
- Wiefels also found it very inconsistent and unfair that his uploaded reaction video was banned, while the livestream from which the edit for the video was created was not. Furthermore, reaction videos by other YouTubers to the same video, at that time, were not banned or warned. As of today, December 20, however, there are almost no reaction videos on the video – YouTube seems to have cracked down on this.
- Unge filed an appeal against the warning from YouTube and said he was considering switching to Twitch if the appeal was rejected.
Unge makes a cut: switches back to Twitch for livestreams
That’s why Unge is switching to Twitch: On December 19, Simon Wiefels uploaded a new video on YouTube – titled “THAT’S ENOUGH…”. In it, he explained that YouTube is primarily just too unsafe for him, as YouTube had rejected his previous appeal against the warning. The warning will now last until the end of January.
Another warning would mean the end of his YouTube channel, which he has been running for 10 years. Unge wants to bring his livestream content only to Twitch and no longer to YouTube. But he will continue to upload videos to YouTube as usual.
Wiefels already shared the joyful news on his Twitter that Twitch has already accepted him as a partner (via Twitter). At some point between December 20 and 26, the streams on Twitch are supposed to take place.
Furthermore, Unge drew a conclusion in his video from November 5: YouTube keeps throwing obstacles in his way (via YouTube). He thought one could cooperate with YouTube hand in hand since both sides represent the same interest: Making the platform and YouTube Gaming “even cooler”.
Apparently, I am not welcome here as a creator, because instead of YouTube coming to me and saying: “Hey Simon, you, as a long-term partner – we discovered that there is a video on your channel that may violate our guidelines (…)
Simon Wiefels
Unge wished for more communication from YouTube. He has been a long-term ambassador for YouTube Germany. Wiefels does not think it is right to treat him so unfairly and inconsistently.
Exactly that contradicts what other streamers report about YouTube. Ludwig switched from Twitch to YouTube because he felt more valued on YouTube.
Unge wants to completely restructure his content
Unge not only wants to return to Twitch but also revive old games like Minecraft. The block game is how the YouTuber and streamer became well known. Wiefels wants to recreate his huge farm in Madeira in Minecraft during the Twitch streams. He simply wants to do more gaming again.
Wiefels will also upload more vlogs of his “life’s work” on YouTube, showing more of the process of the creation and work on the farm.
He wants to move away from negativity and do fewer reactions to the whole conflict and beef of the content creators. “I have to lower myself to that level, and I just don’t want to do that anymore,” says Unge. Nevertheless, the format “ungeklickt”, in which he does such reactions, will continue. It will just happen less frequently.
Unge wants to create a “safe and positive place” for viewers on Twitch where they can relax and unwind.
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